Eva Holland is an experienced web developer, tech trainer, and coauthor of Coding with JavaScript For Dummies. She is a co-founder of WatzThis?, a company focused on training and course development.
Coding is equal parts vocabulary, logic, and syntax. Coding may at first seem intimidating, but with practice, though, it's easy to get comfortable with its terminology, concepts, and structure. Understanding coding is not unlike learning a new language: Use it often enough and you'll find yourself able to speak, think, and write in code.
A technology book for kids!Learning how to code can be like learning a foreign language.This book serves as an excellent guide to help you start writing in the odd-looking languages that make the web work. Follow simple steps as you work with real code to build your own web robots. Create your robot—write code that builds your robot's body and structure Give your bot some style—add code lines that customize your robot's color and shape Get your robot moving—finish off your robot with code that teaches it how to danceTechnology Requirements: Hardware – PC or tablet with Internet connection running Windows 7 or higher or Mac with Internet connection running Mac OS X 10.
Master coding with JavaScript by discovering which words are reserved in JavaScript, an extensive list of HTML5 APIs, and jQuery selectors. Just check out these helpful tips to get started.JavaScript reserved wordsWhen coding with JavaScript, it will benefit you to know certain reserved words. The following list contains JavaScript reserved words.
When you’re programming in JavaScript, you need to know how to convert CSS property names to JavaScript. An important part of JavaScript’s ability to perform useful functions in the browser is its ability to respond to events, including those listed here. Finally, some words cannot be used as JavaScript variables, functions, methods, loop labels, or object names; those reserved words are listed here.
JavaScript has more libraries, resources, and helpful tools for working with it than for any other programming language. Here are ten of the best resources for helping you write more and better JavaScript.JSLintJSLint shows you where your code has problems.
JSLint, created by JavaScript super-genius Douglas Crockford, is a code checker that is designed to tell you where your code has problems — and not just the kind of problems that would generate errors.
You’ve only just begun your JavaScript journey. The universe of tools, frameworks, and libraries built with JavaScript and that will help you write better JavaScript programs is vast and growing at a mind-boggling pace. Here are ten great JavaScript frameworks and libraries.Angular JSAngular JS.
Angular JS, commonly referred to as Angular, is an open source JavaScript application framework.
After you've created a variable in JavaScript, you can store any sort of data inside it. When the data is in there, you can recall it at any time. Try it out!
Open the JavaScript Console in Chrome.
Create a new variable named book by typing the following and then pressing Return (Mac) or Enter (Windows):
var book;
You've created your container, or variable, and named it "book.
Here is an extensive list of HTML5 APIs that have either been proposed or implemented. Browsers are constantly being updated with new features. For the latest on which browsers support which features, visit caniuse.com.
API
What It Does
Ambient Light API
Provides information about the ambient light levels, as
detected by a device’s light sensor.
One major cause of slow web pages is the so-called blocking script. A blocking script is a JavaScript file whose loading and execution blocks the loading of a web page. In extreme circumstances, a browser may download an entire webpage and show a blank screen for several seconds or longer while the JavaScript is loaded and parsed.
JQuery provides many different ways to match sets of elements within a document beyond the methods built into JavaScript. Check out this list of all the jQuery selectors. To use them, simply pass them to the jQuery function (or, you can use the $ alias for the jQuery function). For example:
$("*") selects every element.